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Women were barred from combat during WWII. But they helped ensure the Allies’ D-Day success
PAHomePage.com· 6 days agoLONDON (AP) — What did you do in the war, Granny? For British women who came of age during World War...
I discovered communist London on a literary walking tour
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 7 days agoIn The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad, a cornerstone of British espionage is in a pornographer’s...
How AP covered the D-Day landings and lost photographer Bede Irvin in the battle for Normandy
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune· 3 days agoIt was early June 1944 — just before the long-anticipated Normandy landings that ultimately liberated France from Nazi occupation and helped precipitate Nazi Germany's surrender ...
A father’s Normandy memory: Amid the ‘thud, thud’ of bombs, he landed on Utah Beach - The Boston...
The Boston Globe· 1 day ago“I remember the ‘thud, thud’ as the concussion from the exploding shells was carried through the...
Jürgen Moltmann, leading Protestant theologian who found God in a British prisoner-of-war camp –...
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 day agoJürgen Moltmann, who has died aged 98, was the most significant Protestant theologian of the second...
The Weapons That Ukraine Might Use to Shoot Into Russia
New York Times· 6 days agoDecisions by President Biden and others give Ukrainian forces several new options. The decision by...
Tom Schaffer, paratrooper who was one of the last survivors of the Battle of the Bulge – obituary
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoTom Schaffer, who has died aged 97, was one of the last men surviving to have served in the 13th...
Letters: Labour’s feuding over Diane Abbott should make voters think twice
Daily Telegraph· 7 days agoThe prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, explaining his decision to seek warrants for the...